Q&A with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block on the return to campus for fall 2021
The chancellor, who is overseeing the response to the pandemic, shared some of his priorities for the coming year.
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UC teams with Indigenous scholars to recast history of the California missions
UCLA-led critical mission studies program creates a new model to understand the past, present and future.
Guido Imbens, former UCLA professor, wins Nobel Prize in economics
The Stanford professor and two colleagues were honored for demonstrating “what conclusions about cause and effect can be drawn from natural experiments.”
UCLA Film & Television Archive welcomes audiences back to in-person screenings
The Archive’s free fall offerings, which include recent restorations, rare TV pieces and filmmaker tributes, will run from Nov. 12 to Dec. 18.
A visit from a social robot improves hospitalized children’s outlook
Ninety percent of parents who had a visit with Robin indicated they were “extremely likely” to request another visit.
The forgotten history of an 1871 race riot in Los Angeles’ Chinatown
On Oct. 17, UCLA’s Asian American Studies and Asia Pacific centers will help mark the event’s 150th anniversary.
UCLA Library funds 29 international cultural preservation projects
In its third year, the Modern Endangered Archives Program has also launched an open access website.
Concussions and kids: Project co-led by UCLA gets $10 million grant from NIH
CARE4Kids, a nationwide study by a consortium of academic medical centers, aims to identify biomarkers that predict delayed recovery in children.
UCLA study maps major circuit in the mouse brain
The findings could help scientists pinpoint targets for treating Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases.
UCLA offers discounts to encourage employees and students to use public transportation
There are free and subsidized passes for several transit agencies, including local and commuter lines.
UCLA-led national survey shows attitudes about politics and policy vary among racial groups
The research effort brought together more than 200 scholars from nearly 100 colleges and universities.
$6.2 million NIH grant to support UCLA study of how COVID-19 causes multiple organ failure
“We need to figure out how this is happening in order to develop treatments to stop it,” said UCLA’s Arjun Deb.
mRNA COVID vaccines highly effective at preventing symptomatic infection in health workers
The study, co-led by UCLA scientists, evaluated nearly 5,000 people at 33 academic medical centers.
UCLA environmental experts featured in PBS series about sustainability
Faculty, alumni and students from multiple disciplines are helping shape stories of accountability in “Sustaining US,” whose second season debuts Oct. 6
UCLA alumnus Ardem Patapoutian wins 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
The neuroscientist, a 1990 graduate, helped answer a fundamental question about how the nervous system senses temperature and touch.
UCLA raises $611 million in 2020–21, supporting students and advancing critical research
Donors during the past year hailed from all 50 states and 72 nations; nearly 95% of gifts were less than $10,000.
M.F.A. students curate exhibition showcasing ‘intrinsic connections’ across Latino artists
“Descifrando Terrenos” features 13 Southern California artists and runs through Oct. 7
Lara Cushing named to new Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity
Cushing studies the disproportionate impact of environmental exposures and climate change on low-income populations and communities of color in the U.S.
Black patients’ Lyme disease often diagnosed late, possibly due to missed signs
Research brief: A UCLA study suggests that many doctors may not have the training to properly recognize how the disease appears on the skin of Black people.
New student starts college journey thanks to mentor who was a Bruin
Freshman Emelin Vivar says then-senior Venezia Ramirez’s guidance helped her picture herself at UCLA.
History in the making: The Black Bruin Resource Center has arrived
Students, staff and faculty came out to celebrate the launch of the campus home for UCLA’s Black community.
UCLA geologist helps solve 50-year-old mystery involving 2 billion-year-old rock
Professor emeritus Bruce Runnegar was part of the team that got to the bottom of the situation.
Study provides more evidence of how COVID-19 changed Americans’ values, activities
A UCLA-led survey bolsters findings of an earlier analysis of online behavior during the pandemic.
UCLA Anderson Forecast: Solid but unspectacular growth for U.S. economy as delta variant spreads
The economic data also show that the recession and recovery had a disproportionately negative impact on lower-income Californians.